2011-12-28 Recommended RPG Reading On This Blog

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I’ve looked through my RPG posts for the year 2011 and picked the ones that I’d like to recommend to new readers of this blog.

As I look back on all these posts, I realize how many of them built upon things I had read elsewhere. Truly, the blogs are a major inspiration for me. Thank you all!

• How to run your sandbox*: 2011-03-11 GM Style Manual got turned into the Swiss Referee Style Manual. There is additional advice on 2011-08-20 Building a Better GM, 2011-05-05 Tools for a Sandbox Referee and 2011-04-28 My Sandbox Starts With A Mission.

=> 2011-03-11 GM Style Manual | Swiss Referee Style Manual | 2011-08-20 Building a Better GM | 2011-05-05 Tools for a Sandbox Referee | 2011-04-28 My Sandbox Starts With A Mission

• How to take notes for an adventure*: 2011-03-31 How To Organize Adventure Notes.

=> 2011-03-31 How To Organize Adventure Notes

• How to run combat*: 2011-11-24 Two Manticores, Old School describes a fight with many ad-hoc rulings and not a lot of boring to-hit rolls. Here’s a house rule of mine: 2011-03-25 Protecting Party Members In Combat.

=> 2011-11-24 Two Manticores, Old School | 2011-03-25 Protecting Party Members In Combat

• How to use special abilities to model subclasses*: 2011-12-20 Magic Without Spells.

=> 2011-12-20 Magic Without Spells

• Character generation*: 2011-03-15 Character Generation Shortcuts PDF ended up as a submission to Fight On! magazine.

=> 2011-03-15 Character Generation Shortcuts PDF

• Atmosphere*: I liked the original “The Priest of Chaos Said…” blog post and wrote 2011-06-24 The Priest of Law Said… in response to it.

=> 2011-06-24 The Priest of Law Said…

• My own preferences*: 2011-06-21 I Prefer Traditional Games, I Think. 2011-05-14 Role Play, not Wish Fulfilment.

=> 2011-06-21 I Prefer Traditional Games, I Think | 2011-05-14 Role Play, not Wish Fulfilment

• Player agency*: 2011-09-08 Player Agency was very much influenced by Courtney’s blog posts on the same topic.

=> 2011-09-08 Player Agency

• Badges*: 2011-08-22 Badges is how I see myself as a referee and as a player.

=> 2011-08-22 Badges

• Mapping*: 2011-05-24 I Want A Lot Of Labels On My Maps. Also, how to do it: 2011-03-21 The Underdark Gazette is Full of Win (yes, it’s an unlikely title but it goes on to talk about mapping). Let’s not forget 2011-02-12 Map Making Using Inkscape.

=> 2011-05-24 I Want A Lot Of Labels On My Maps | 2011-03-21 The Underdark Gazette is Full of Win | 2011-02-12 Map Making Using Inkscape

• One Page Dungeon Contest*: 2011-11-01 One Page Dungeon Contest History is about the early days. 2011-04-24 My One Page Dungeon Contest Nominations lists the entries I liked in particular.

=> 2011-11-01 One Page Dungeon Contest History | 2011-04-24 My One Page Dungeon Contest Nominations

• Solar System*: 2011-09-30 Solar System vs. Old School D&D; also note the long discussion on the comment page.

=> 2011-09-30 Solar System vs. Old School D&D

• Reading books*: 2011-08-16 Spending Time With Books is about reading a series for the rest of your life as the author will just keep writing novel after novel.

=> 2011-08-16 Spending Time With Books

For desperate referees that want to encourage their players to write session journals: 2011-06-16 Session Reports Are Read Just Once, If At All

=> 2011-06-16 Session Reports Are Read Just Once, If At All

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Beeindrucken, das Wort ’Meister’ passt, 25 Jahre Erfahrung und viel, viel erlesene Kenntnisse. Alex: gerne würde ich wieder mitmachen...

– Chris 2012-01-08 20:54 UTC

Danke. 😄 Wir nehmen dich gerne auf – du musst nur noch Zeit finden! Zur Auswahl: MyCampaigns. Zwei Spiele finden nur 1×/Monat statt: Dienstags mit Claudia, Zeno und anderen 20:00–23:00, sowie ein Sonntagsspiel, das ab und zu auf Englisch geführt wird 12:00–18:00 ungefähr. Oder flexibler, experimenteller: die Montags Indie Runde 20:00–23:00, wo du gerne so oft oder so selten wie dir gefällt vorbeikommen kannst.

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– Alex Schroeder 2012-01-08 22:57 UTC

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